Free app offers Macbook Air prize draw in October, sponsorship deal with SMP gives away music prizes

Appysnap, the iPhone app which challenges players to complete photo-based missions in return for prizes, is available for free to Android-based smartphones from today (Tuesday 11th October).




Appysnap - Snaps

Android users will now be able to collect points and win prizes in return for taking snaps of everyday places, people and themes.

While Appysnap has given away Amazon Kindles, iPods and gift certificates on a weekly basis since launch, players have the chance to win a Macbook Air in October. Every time a player completes a mission by taking a photo, they'll be entered into the prize draw at the end of the month; the more missions a player enters, the greater their chance of winning the prize.

Appysnap is also announcing its first commercial sponsorship deal with ShareMyPlaylists.com (SMP), the music-sharing community for over 100,000 Spotify users. SMP will be sponsoring a series of music-based Appysnap missions in November, with music-related prizes for the winners.

Co-founder Paul Smith says: "It's been a really exciting time for Appysnap since launch. We've been constantly improving the experience for iPhone players since launch, but the number one request has been for an Android version which we're delighted to release today."

Keiron Donaghue, founder of ShareMyPlaylists.com said: “Appysnap is one of the most exciting and interesting apps I’ve seen, with huge potential for marketing businesses by driving traffic - whether that's through a store's front door, or to a website. I'm very happy SMP is the first to utilise Appysnap to market ShareMyPlaylists.com in an innovative and unique way.”

Appysnap, which has players across Europe (in particular the UK, Holland and Ireland) and the US, also plans to launch location-based missions shortly, which will allow players to complete missions specific to their city or neighbourhood.

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- Appysnap is a mobile app available for free in the iTunes App Store and in the Android Market.

App Store: http://itunes.com/apps/appysnap

Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appysnap.android

- Once downloaded, players can receive missions at any time of day. Each mission is to take a photo of a specific place, theme or person, and entries are shared online and across a player's social networks.

- ShareMyPlaylists.com is a resource for Spotify users to share and explore Spotify playlists. The site is a free resource for music fans the world over and currently has over 100,000 registered users.

- Email Paul Smith or Jon Nairn at [email protected] for further information.